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📅 Jan 5, 2019 10:21
What do you think of the view that the papa-katsu (compensated dating in Japan) boom has already peaked (probably about two years ago)? Incidentally, the peak of Japan’s bubble-era stock market was January 4, 1990. However, Juliana’s Tokyo—which is remembered as an icon of the “bubble” era—didn’t open until about a year and a half later.
💬 Answer from 木田（社長）:
Our representative, Kida, will answer this one.
Is it really true that the papa-katsu boom has been declining for the past two years?
When you think of papa-katsu, Paters is probably the name that comes to mind. I have indeed heard rumors that it has been up for sale for a while now—for something like ¥10 billion, apparently.
That said, services in the “slightly questionable” category, such as paid drinking dates and papa-katsu, still seem to be going strong.
Since there …
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📅 Jan 5, 2019 06:09
I’m a male member. I understand that male members’ profile information is made visible to women they contact for a limited time, but when exactly is it made public and when is it closed? Are offers more likely to be accepted when the profile is visible? Also, do women ever give feedback saying things like, “You’re different from your profile”?
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
> When exactly are the profiles made public and then closed?
A man’s profile is shown only to the woman when he informs her that he has made her an offer. The profile remains visible for one week.
> Does having your profile public make it easier for women to accept your offer?
I think it depends on what you write in your profile, but basically, its main benefit is reducing mismatches after an offer is made.
As someone asked here before, suppose a woman does…
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📅 Jan 4, 2019 20:52
I’m a female member. I registered today and filled out my profile, comments, and other details. I also uploaded a selfie and received some likes, which made me very happy. That got me wondering: what’s the average number of likes for a publicly posted selfie?
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
I couldn’t quickly pull the exact number of likes, so I checked 10 women who had posted around three months ago. The sample is far too small to be statistically reliable, but the results were pretty shocking:
- 2 had one like each
- 1 had two likes (or two on one post and one on another)
- 7 had no likes at all
Male members, please hit “Like” if you think someone looks even a little interesting. Your standards are way too high.
I wonder if men only lik…
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📅 Jan 3, 2019 09:45
Wouldn’t it be helpful to note in the comments when a woman was “brought along by a friend” or “referred by a registered woman”? It’s awful when you end up meeting someone who’s about as unmotivated as a mere time-waster.
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
Just because a woman was brought along by a friend doesn’t necessarily mean she lacks motivation. The same applies to women introduced by those already registered.
Our staff conduct proper interviews, and only women who pass are registered. If we feel someone lacks motivation, we either ask her to withdraw or reject her application.
If a woman with low motivation still ends up being registered, it means our staff were misled as well, so we need to be more car…
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📅 Jan 2, 2019 09:18
I’m a male member. I referred a man to Universe Club and received points after he joined. If I refer a woman, are there also points or a referral fee for her joining? Or is it a points cashback for each setting?
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
If you refer a woman to us, you’ll also receive points when she joins. These points aren’t for the arrangement itself.
For example, when a female member refers a female friend, she receives ¥5,000–¥10,000 as a referral reward.
For male members, the reward is provided in the form of points instead.
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📅 Jan 1, 2019 21:51
Hello. I’m a female member. I’d like to ask for advice, as I may be traveling more often for work. When I receive an offer in the area of my registered branch but have to decline because I’m away, I feel truly sorry that I’m unable to meet the gentleman’s expectations. Also, when I’m away from the area of my registered branch and staying in another branch’s area, is there any way for gentlemen from the branch in the area I’m visiting to...
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
Usually, when people say “business trip,” they mean a day trip or perhaps an overnight stay. If that’s the case, log in to your female member page and add a note in the comments section, such as:
“I’ll be in Kyoto (roughly this area) on business from [date] to [date]. I’m also available for dates while I’m there.”
That way, I think men who want to arrange dates within your current branch’s area will avoid offering dates during that period.
However, if your b…
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📅 Jan 1, 2019 16:34
What are the main reasons women leave a dating club? Statistics aren’t necessary—I’d appreciate hearing about cases you know of. Quite a few women I had saved as favorites or dated in the past have left—or perhaps paused—their memberships, so I’m curious. *The questioner is a male member.*
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa answers.
The most common message is something simple like, “I’d like to cancel my membership,” with no reason given.
If she has already been on a date, we usually ask why, and she’ll give us some plausible explanation. But I often feel there may be another reason behind it.
One thing that concerns me is that, in reality, quite a few women quit after a date when the man wasn’t exactly breaking the rules, but still failed to treat her like a gentleman.
Most men are …
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📅 Dec 31, 2018 19:43
I’m struggling financially, and I’m not satisfied with what I can earn from working alone… I need ¥1.5 million as soon as possible. What should I do?
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
I’m assuming you’re a woman, but are you struggling financially and dissatisfied with what you can earn through regular work?
If so, I think you should consider either finding a job that pays enough to satisfy you, starting a business and making several times your current income, or investing the money you have to grow it.
Universe arranges dates, but if someone asked me for 1.5 million yen, I don’t think we’d be able to help.
That said, I imagine there are …
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📅 Dec 30, 2018 13:38
I’d like to register as a female member. Can foreign nationals register? Is it possible to register using identification such as a residence card?
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here with the answers.
> Can foreigners register?
Yes, foreigners can register.
If you speak Japanese, you can register normally. If your Japanese is limited, you can register as an international woman, since there are also foreign male members.
> Can I register using identification such as a residence card?
A residence card can also be used as identification.
By the way, the identification required when joining is a “photo ID.”
The following are accepted as ph…
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📅 Dec 30, 2018 01:27
I'm thinking of applying, but I’m embarrassed to say that I’m 19 and still a virgin… I’d be happy if a wonderful man chose me, but is there a chance I could be accepted even though I have no experience with men? Also, is being a virgin generally appealing to male members…?
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
Plenty of women are accepted even without any experience with men. Some men also prefer virgins, so there’s no need to worry.
Whether you’re a virgin or not doesn’t determine whether you’ll be accepted. Basically, it comes down to whether the staff think you’re someone who will receive offers.
Some women also expect a high allowance because they’re virgins, but that too generally depends on whether a man feels, based on your appearance, personality, and so on…
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📅 Dec 29, 2018 19:48
I’m an 18-year-old university student considering joining. I have a small B cup, and I’m a little worried because I’ve heard that women with larger bust sizes receive more offers. Can being 18 and simply young make up for that? (I assume not being able to drink alcohol is a disadvantage, though…) What age range tends to receive the most offers despite having a smaller bust size?
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
A B cup?
That’s absolutely not a problem.
A woman’s breast size has nothing to do with whether she’s attractive. There are women with A or B cups who receive plenty of offers.
> Can being just 18 and young enough make up for it?
Breast size and youth are two different things, so I don’t think it’s really a matter of one making up for the other.
Men usually choose women based on their photos first, so if you’re asking whether your looks can make up for it,…
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📅 Dec 29, 2018 05:01
I’m a female member. In December, were offers more limited because male members were busy with year-end parties and other commitments? Also, if you know when things typically start picking up after New Year’s, I’d appreciate your insight.
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here.
First, as for whether the offers were on the modest side, I don’t think it makes much difference to know when things will start picking up again.
The reason is that popular women will receive offers regardless of the circumstances.
So even if you know this, women who aren’t affected by the season may simply think, “Oh, really?”
As for the answer to your question:
Offers decrease during the winter.
Things start picking up once the weather gets warmer.
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📅 Dec 28, 2018 18:31
What percentage of standard women with relationship type A receive offers?
💬 Answer from Responder:
Mochizuki from the system administration team here.
Of all the women who have registered with us so far, 1,810 are Standard members with Dating Type A.
Out of those, 130 have been on dates.
That puts the percentage at 7.18%.
For reference, I also broke it down by class:
- Gold A
Total women: 1,205
Women who went on dates: 243
Percentage: 20.17%
- Platinum A
Total women: 236
Women who went on dates: 71
Percentage: 30.08%
- Black A
Total women…
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📅 Dec 27, 2018 22:48
I’m considering signing up as a member. Will the profile photo I submit later be fully visible to male members? I’m interested as long as the risk of being recognized isn’t too high.
💬 Answer from 斉藤さんだぞ♪:
I’m Saito, a columnist♪
I’m currently an active member, and since it’s the largest dating club, there were two women out of 8,000 whose faces male members recognized and thought, “Wait, is that her?”
If you’re worried, you can always use a mosaic blur, so please don’t worry.
Things may be changing slowly, but dating clubs are becoming more casual. Maybe I’ve just become desensitized, but quite a few celebrities show their faces too, so honestly, I don’t think much of it.
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📅 Dec 27, 2018 20:07
I thought of a way to somewhat correct or ease the problem of misclassified women (differences in staff judgment). What if members could submit a request such as, “I’d be willing to offer for this woman at this class level—could you consider it?” For example: “I’m interested in this Black-class woman, but I don’t feel she’s quite worth paying that much in setting fees for. I am interested, though, so if she hasn’t been receiving many of...
💬 Answer from 斉藤さんだぞ♪:
I’m Saito, the columnist♪
As a member, I hesitate to say this, but similar dating clubs really do exist elsewhere.
(Some of you may already know about them.)
However, in practice, the rules became extremely unclear, and since information was freely shared among members, male members who didn’t ask for discounts started filing complaints. This led to a considerable number of problems with the system, and there have been cases where the club ultimately declined in quality.
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📅 Dec 27, 2018 19:06
Women who are really “Dating Type A” but lie about their dating type because they want more offers will gradually be exposed through feedback from men, but even then, aren’t they forcibly banned? It’s outright fraud and, in my opinion, a serious violation that undermines the very foundation of the club’s operations—what you might call a “rotten apple.”
💬 Answer from 斉藤さんだぞ♪:
I’m Saito, the column writer♪
Lately, I’ve heard that there are a lot of people falsely claiming to be on their period. At a girls’ get-together, someone said that if you mention it in advance, the club and its members will kindly accommodate you. But as the questioner and Maezawa-san pointed out, once the feedback starts piling up, it doesn’t seem like a trick you can keep using over and over.
So women whose ratings have gone down must have a pretty terrible reputation…
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📅 Dec 27, 2018 10:49
How do you feel about the fact that roughly half of the women don’t receive any offers? “Eh, that’s just how it is. ( ´ー` )” Or: “Hmm, I feel kind of bad about that. (´-ω-`)”
💬 Answer from 木田（社長）:
Kida, the club’s representative, will answer this question.
If the person asking is a male member (or male user), I feel the message is:
“Hey, Kida—if you don’t do something about this, doesn’t your club stop being the women-first club you’re always talking about? Huh?”
So I’m writing this with some anger, but honestly, I feel:
“I’m truly sorry.”
What I usually tell our staff is:
Female members aren’t your friends. They’re our product. But they’re also players with thei…
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📅 Dec 27, 2018 10:20
Do you research your competitors? (By the way, our company has sent spy employees to three rival companies.) Even if you don’t call them spies, for example, the company president could become a heavy user of SugarDaddy to learn from it—just that sort of thing.
💬 Answer from 斉藤さんだぞ♪:
I’m Saito, a column writer♪
Universe has what I believe is the largest membership of both women and men in Japan.
(In fact, recruiting male members is several times more difficult.)
The amount of information that flows from there is enormous, which, in its own way, feels even more frightening than having a spy.
I belong to four different dating clubs, but not places like SugarDaddy or online sites. I’m registered with clubs that require interviews and charge relatively h…
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📅 Dec 27, 2018 10:09
There’s a theory that “the cute girls who would have come to dating clubs two years ago don’t seem to be coming to Universe as much these days. I wonder where they’ve gone.” From the perspective of Universe’s staff, do you also get that impression in your day-to-day work?
💬 Answer from 斉藤さんだぞ♪:
I’m Saito♪, a columnist.
Actually, I feel the same way as you do.
And the fact that you noticed this two years ago makes it feel especially real.
I also felt that the atmosphere in the dating clubs started to change around last November.
We’re kindred spirits. lol
There could be several reasons.
① Truly high-caliber women only stay registered for a brief time before disappearing while remaining “secret.”
② In the past, the standards for both men and women were consid…
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📅 Dec 27, 2018 10:05
Type A seems to be disliked, but in terms of numbers (including those pretending to be otherwise), they’re probably the largest group, right? Depending on how they’re marketed, they should be a gold mine. Doesn’t Universe have any ideas? (Like that producer who succeeded with a new business model of marketing all the unsellable, deadweight talents “as one package.”)
💬 Answer from 前澤（スタッフ）:
Maezawa here to answer.
Unlike the idols of the past, who were seen as unattainable stars, it would be more like an “idol you can go see.”
It’ll be okay. (Probably.)
Kida has been receiving all kinds of ideas. (Probably.)
I suppose the only question is when Kida will decide the time is right to make it happen.